This morning I read an article at nu.nl about China blocking out several websites (for an English alternative go here), including Twitter, Live.com, Hotmail (who uses that anyway?), Flickr, and so on. Just imagine what it would be like to actually live in such an environment. It is not just the websites not being available (which could be pretty dramatic if you depend on ‘em), but your government having total control over your lifes. You’re merely a puppet of the authorities. Dictatorship pur sang.
An assumption is made that the blocking action is done due to the upcoming memorial day of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. I know Sepultura made a song in 1994 referencing to this: Refuse/Resist. This song is against world disorder. The inside of the EP shows a picture of Tank Man. That’s the name of the man who stood in front of the line of tanks. Astonishing… I was just a little guy back then (10 yrs old) but I still remember seeing this event on tv and the impression it made back then. I don’t know everything there is to know about China, but I do think it a scary country. Remind what they do (and did) to Tibet.
